Canadian Grand Prix
Day 1f Completed
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
Canadian Grand Prix
Day: 1f
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
Buy-in
100 CAD
Prize Pool
500,000 CAD
Entries
3,341
Level
39
Blinds
800,000 / 160,000
Ante
200,000
Glen Sauve Grabs Chip Lead By a Single Chip on Day 1f of partypoker $500,000 Canadian Grand Prix
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The sixth starting flight of Event #16: $500,000 partypoker Canadain Grand Prix in the books with 32 players qualifying for Day 2. Friday evening's Day 1f flight inside Playground Poker Club attracted a field of 313 entries. Leading the way at the end of play was Glenn Sauve, bagging a top stack of 415,000.
Sauve claimed the chip lead by a single chip as Tommy Perreault built a stack of 414,000. Also among the leaders were Luc Lariviere (380,000), Darrin McCaffrey (341,500), Tristan Bernier (331,000), and Stephanie Mclean (323,000).
A number of notables and familiar faces around Playground took their shot this afternoon. A few failing to survive include Kathy Sawers, Buddy Villaluz, Grant Ellis, Jason Comtois, Bryan Ferriera, and Nick-Real Seide.
Players will have four more opportunities to qualify live at Playground on Saturday, along with a number of online Day 1 flights via partypoker.
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End of Day Chip Counts (full)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
415,000 | 160,000 |
|
414,000 | |
|
|
380,500 | |
|
|
341,500 | 141,500 |
|
331,000 | -89,000 |
|
|
323,000 | |
|
|
291,500 | |
|
279,000 | 135,000 |
|
|
263,000 | 182,000 |
|
257,500 | |
|
213,000 | -27,000 |
|
|
209,000 | |
|
|
194,000 | |
|
|
192,000 | -28,000 |
|
191,500 | 74,500 |
|
|
190,500 | 177,500 |
|
|
178,000 | |
|
|
176,000 | |
|
172,000 | 97,000 |
|
|
159,000 | |
|
|
141,000 | |
|
|
139,500 | |
|
130,000 | |
|
|
128,500 | 16,500 |
|
|
111,000 |
Four Players Bust in Three Hands, Hand for Hand Not Required.
In the first few hands immediately following the break, the field dropped from 36 to 32 and the remaining players in the field have made Day 2. Full end of day chip counts to follow.
The Big Stacks in the Room
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
420,000 | |
|
|
255,000 | 25,000 |
|
|
220,000 | |
|
213,000 | |
|
196,000 | 91,000 |
Chao Lays the Trap
With a flop of 
, Chao checked, his opponent next to act moved all-in for 20,000, another player in the hand made the call, and Chao shoved over top, forcing a fold.
Chao: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and Chao raked in the sizable pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
144,000 | 114,000 |
Updated Chip Counts; 85 Remmain
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,000 | |
|
|
230,000 | 148,000 |
|
|
200,000 | |
|
|
117,000 | 117,000 |
|
|
112,000 | 12,000 |
|
|
105,000 | 39,000 |
|
75,000 | 55,000 |
|
|
12,000 | -43,000 |
Level 14 Underway
The remaining 83 players have entered Level 14. Blinds are 2k/4k with an ante of 500. Average stack is 76,300. The top 32 players will move on to Day 2.
Some Updated Chip Counts; 127 Remain
Play has entered Level 11 with 127 players left in the field. Blinds are now 1k/2k with a 300 ante.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
137,000 | 67,500 |
|
128,000 | |
|
|
100,000 | 24,000 |
|
87,000 | 87,000 |
|
|
68,000 | 16,500 |
|
|
66,000 | |
|
|
55,000 | |
|
|
30,000 | -13,000 |
|
25,000 | 14,000 |
|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
13,000 |
Final Numbers Released
The total amount of entries received for this evening's Day 1f Grand Prix flight was 313. With 10% of the field moving on to Day 2, the top 32 players will bag their stacks at the end of the night.
There are currently 165 players remaining.